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==Middle Persian== | ==Middle Persian== | ||
One Middle Persian dialect in Lõis has /ɭd/ from PIIr *rd, instead of /l/ as in other dialects: guḷd-e-ḷdāḷd "red rose". The Persian language spoken in Newton descends from this dialect, and as in Northern Sanskrit, ḷd reflexes as /ð/: | One Middle Persian dialect in Lõis has /ɭd/ from PIIr *rd, instead of /l/ as in other dialects: guḷd-e-ḷdāḷd "red rose". The Persian language spoken in Newton descends from this dialect, and as in Northern Sanskrit, ḷd reflexes as /ð/: /gyð ðoð/. | ||
Middle Persian in Lõis has the phonological innovations associated with Modern Persian in our timeline, like some words have w -> b. (read: it's basically Modern Persian minus the Arabic vocab, and with conservative vowels/contrastive vowel length) | Middle Persian in Lõis has the phonological innovations associated with Modern Persian in our timeline, like some words have w -> b. (read: it's basically Modern Persian minus the Arabic vocab, and with conservative vowels/contrastive vowel length) | ||